Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Though most of my academic work with videogames centers around rhetoric, discourse and technological development, that wasn’t what initially brought me to graduate school. My scholarly interest with games was first piqued by the way videogames develop narrative structure. As…
Since I didn’t make it to GDC this year, I haven’t heard about any amazing presentations that were given. There was a fair amount of buzz on Twitter about some of the really bad presentations, but it seems that people…
As part of my job doing outreach for the physics department, I often accompany my boss to help her with science demos for kids. One of her favorite things to do while introducing me is mention that I study videogames…
This week is the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which I, sadly, am not attending. An unfortunate side effect of being a poor grad student is the fact that I have to pick and choose which conferences I’ll be…
This weekend, I won a game of Monopoly against my wife and her sister. For me, this was somewhat significant, as it may be the first time I’ve ever won a full game of Monopoly…ever. Of course, that’s partially because…